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The identification and use of plants in Sāmoan langauge.

Examples of statements with plants in the Sāmoan language.

Sāmoan English
ʻO  le  tī. The ti plant.
ʻO  le  kuʻava. The guava.
ʻO  le  nonu. The great morinda.

List of words that may be used in examples.

Some of these plants are also in the Polynesian dictionary.

Sāmoan English Scientific
Aʻa Root  
ʻAute Sāmoa Hibiscus (Red) Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
ʻAva Kava Piper methysticum
Esi Papaya Carica papaya
Faʻi Banana Musa
Fasa (also fala) Screwpine Pandanus tectorius
Fau Hibiscus (Beach) Hibiscus tiliaceus
Kuʻava Guava Psidium guajava
Lāʻau Plant, tree Plantae
Lama Candlenut Aleurites moluccana
Lau,Laulāʻau Leaf  
Lau magamaga Musk (Maile scented) Fern Microsorum/Phymatosorus grossus or scolopendria
Niu Coconut Cocos nucifera
Nonu Great Morinda (aka. Noni in Hawaiʻi) Morinda Citrifolia
Pua Plumeria Plumeria
Talo Taro Colocasia esculenta
Ti plant Cordyline fruticosa
Uʻa Paper mulberry Broussonetia papyrifera
ʻUlu Breadfruit Artocarpus altilis
Vao, Vaomatua Forest  

Polynesian Languages

Sāmoan Language